diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/build b/packages/devel/pcre/build
index c320dbcae3..092096f9a1 100755
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/build
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/build
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 
-# Fails to compile with GCC's link time optimization.
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \